Thursday March 14, 2019

A Celebration of Motown: Community Stage Event

7:00 pm - 9:00 pmFree and Open to the Public!

This event is held in collaboration with Pi Day Princeton. To learn more, click here!

Lawrenceville, NJ recording artists The Beaglesback other members of theEinstein Alley Musicians Collaborativeperforming selections from the Motown songbook. They share the story of the development, evolution and cultural impact of the record company’s sound, musical style, and subject matter before, during, and after the Detroit race riots of 1967 in a show commissioned by The McCarter Theatre Center to coincide with their 2018 production of Dominique Morrisseau’s Detroit ’67. The set list includes popular tunes originally recorded by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and more. Come out to sing and dance along to your favorite sounds of the 60s and 70s.

This performance is part of the Arts Council of Princeton’s Community Stage Series. Community Stage productions are free (and nearly free) held in collaboration with local artistic groups and organizations. Community Stage programming enable the Arts Council’s Solley Theater to act as an accessible space for community partnerships and high-quality artistic experiences.